''Neurospora sitophila'' is a species of fungus also known as red bread fungus or orange bread fungus. It is a mold that spoils various foods and is responsible for
occupational asthma in the
wood and
cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
industry.
Classification
''Chrysonilia sitophila'' is the
anamorph
In mycology, the terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota:
*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body.
*Anamorph: an ase ...
ic counterpart of ''Neurospora sitophila'' (
teleomorph). Its position in the classification is:
:''
Sordariaceae
The Sordariaceae are a family of perithecial fungi within the Sordariales order.
The family includes the important model organism ''Neurospora crassa'' that is used in genetic research. Members of the family include the red bread molds in the ...
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Sordariales'', ''
Sordariomycetidae'', ''
Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota), consisting of 28 orders, 90 families, 1344 genera. Sordariomycetes is from the Latin sordes (filth) because some species grow in animal feces, though growth habit ...
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Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...
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Fungi''.
History
At the time of its discovery, in 1843, this fungus was named "''Penicillium sitophilum''" by Montagne and "''Oïdium aurantiacum''" by
Léveillé
Léveillé may refer to:
* André Léveillé (born 1933), a politician in Quebec, Canada
* André Léveillé (painter) (1880–1962), a French painter
* Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé
Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé (13 March 1864, in Le Mans â ...
, but it is now considered not to belong to either genus ''
Oidium'' nor ''
Penicillium''.
In 1848,
Anselme Payen reported that it resisted temperatures above 100 degrees, a fact which played a role in discussions of
spontaneous generation.
[Milne Edwards, "Remarques sur la valeur des faits qui sont considérés par quelques naturalistes comme étant propres à prouver l'existence de la génération spontanée des animaux", Payen's intervention, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, session of January 3, 1859, vol. 48, 1859, pp. 23-36, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k30054/f23.table online.]
References
Bibliography
* Montagne, C. "Quatrième centurie de plantes cellulaires exotiques nouvelles." ''Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique'', 2e sér., vol. 20, 1843, pp. 352–379.
* Payen, A. (rapporteur) "Extrait d'un rapport adressé à M. Le Maréchal Duc de Dalmatie, Ministre de la Guerre, Président du Conseil, sur une altération extraordinaire du pain de munition", ''Annales de Chimie et de Physique'', 3e sér., t. 9, 1843, pp. 5–21.
* Payen, A. "Températures que peuvent supporter les sporules de l'Oïdium aurantiacum sans perdre leur faculté végétative", Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 27, 1848, pp. 4–5.
* Payen, A., in Milne Edwards, "Remarques sur la valeur des faits qui sont considérés par quelques naturalistes comme étant propres à prouver l'existence de la génération spontanée des animaux", Payen's intervention, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, session of January 3, 1859, vol. 48, 1859, pp. 23–36
online
* Pasteur, L. 1862. " L'influence de la température sur la fécondité des spores de Mucédinées. ", Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences, t. 52, 1861, p. 16-19.
* Gauthier de Claubry, « Sur quelques points de l'histoire de l'oïdium aurantiacum », dans ''Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences'', t. 73 (1871), pp. 725–726
online
* D.D. Perkins, " The first published scientific study of Neurospora, including a description of photoinduction of carotenoids "
* Tarlo S. M. ; Wai Y. ; Dolovich J. ; Summerbell R., " Occupational asthma induced by Chrysonilia sitophila in the logging industry ", Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 1996, vol. 97, n° 6, pp. 1409–1413.
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Sordariomycetes